peso
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪsəʊ/
- (PH) IPA(key): /ˈpɛsoʊ/, [ˈpɛso]
Audio (Canada) (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -eɪsəʊ, (PH) -ɛsoʊ
NounEdit
peso (plural pesos)
- (historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
- The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.
SynonymsEdit
- adarme (former Spanish coin), Spanish dollar
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
peso
- first-person singular present indicative form of pesar
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
peso n
- peso (any of multiple currencies)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
Eastern Huasteca NahuatlEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
peso
- (mexican) peso
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio: (file)
NounEdit
peso (accusative singular peson, plural pesoj, accusative plural pesojn)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
peso
- peso (currency; coin or note of one peso)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of peso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | peso | pesot | ||
genitive | peson | pesojen | ||
partitive | pesoa | pesoja | ||
illative | pesoon | pesoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | peso | pesot | ||
accusative | nom. | peso | pesot | |
gen. | peson | |||
genitive | peson | pesojen | ||
partitive | pesoa | pesoja | ||
inessive | pesossa | pesoissa | ||
elative | pesosta | pesoista | ||
illative | pesoon | pesoihin | ||
adessive | pesolla | pesoilla | ||
ablative | pesolta | pesoilta | ||
allative | pesolle | pesoille | ||
essive | pesona | pesoina | ||
translative | pesoksi | pesoiksi | ||
instructive | — | pesoin | ||
abessive | pesotta | pesoitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
peso m (plural pesos)
Further readingEdit
- “peso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.
NounEdit
peso m (plural pesos)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
peso m (plural pesi)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
peso (feminine pesa, masculine plural pesi, feminine plural pese)
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
peso
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
peso m (plural pesos)
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.
NounEdit
peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoene)
- a peso (currency unit of several Latin American countries, as well as the Philippines)
ReferencesEdit
- “peso” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.
NounEdit
peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoane)
- a peso (currency unit, as above)
ReferencesEdit
- “peso” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (“I weigh”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
peso m (plural pesos)
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Spanish: peso
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish peso, from Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
peso n (indeclinable)
- peso (designation for specific currency)
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from the verb penso (“to weigh”).
Alternative formsEdit
- pêso (superseded)
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: pe‧so
NounEdit
peso m (plural pesos)
- weight (force on an object due to the gravitational attraction)
- heaviness (the condition of being heavy)
- weight (object used for its heaviness)
- (figurative) weight (importance or influence)
- (figurative) emotional pressure
- (sports) weight class (subdivision of a competition based on the competitors’ weight)
- (mathematics) weight (value that multiplies a variable)
- (typography) weight; boldness (thickness of a character’s strokes)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:peso.
SynonymsEdit
- (heaviness): pesadez (less common)
AntonymsEdit
- (heaviness): leveza
Derived termsEdit
- a peso de ouro
- de peso
- dois pesos e duas medidas
- em peso
- pesão (augmentative)
- pesinho (diminutive)
- peso aderente
- peso atómico
- peso bruto
- peso específico
- peso leve
- peso líquido
- peso médio
- peso meio-médio
- peso meio-pesado
- peso molecular
- peso morto
- peso pesado
- pesozinho (diminutive)
- prematuro de peso
- valer o seu peso em ouro
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: pe‧so
VerbEdit
peso
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
peso m (plural pesos)
- peso (currency unit of Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
peso m (plural peso)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of the semi-learned pienso.
NounEdit
peso m (plural pesos)
- (physics) weight (the force on an object due to gravitational attraction)
- weight (a block of metal used in a balance)
- weight class
- peso (unit of currency)
- weight (importance or influence)
- weight, burden, load, brunt (pressure)
- scales, scale (device used to measure weight)
HyponymsEdit
- peso atómico
- peso bruto
- peso específico
- peso gallo (“bantamweight”)
- peso ligero (“lightweight”)
- peso medio (“middleweight”)
- peso molecular
- peso mosca (“flyweight”)
- peso muerto
- peso neto
- peso neto
- peso pesado
- peso pluma (“featherweight”)
- peso semipesado (“cruiserweight”)
- peso wélter (“welterweight”)
Derived termsEdit
- aumentar de peso (“to gain weight”)
- aumento de peso (“weight gain”)
- caer por su propio peso (“to be self-evident, to be obvious”)
- con bajo peso (“underweight”) (adj.)
- de peso
- de su peso
- en peso
- ganar peso
- lanzamiento de peso
- perder peso
- quitarse un peso de encima (“to take a load off”)
- razón de peso (“compelling reason, strong reason”)
- sin peso (“weightless”)
- todo cae por su propio peso (“what goes around comes around”)
- valer su peso en oro (“to be worth its weight in gold”)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
peso
Further readingEdit
- “peso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
TagalogEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
peso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐᜓ)
- Alternative form of piso